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Amazon Hdwtrs/Spencer Butte

  • Start date: 05/08/2024

  • Start time: 8:00 AM

Description:

NOTE: Flexible departure time from 7:45 to 8:00.
Every Wednesday since 2013 we do this hike from the Martin Street Trailhead to the summit of Spencer Butte. Compared to starting at the paved Spencer Butte parking lot, this hike has double the climbing and three times the distance. It is a conditioning hike where everyone is challenging themselves to go at a moderate or fast pace—not like the other hikes on our schedule. If this is your first time on this Obsidian conditioning hike, or hiking to Spencer Butte, you may want to call the leader to discuss the pace. If you should fall too far behind, the leaders reserve the right to have you not summit but wait and return with the group. The regulars on this hike have attained their fitness by showing up consistently and slowly improving. If you have questions, email summertrips@obsidians.org. Come a few minutes early because we leave promptly at the listed time. To get to the trailhead: Take West Amazon to Martin Street. Turn left. Drive past Kinney Park and park Martin Street near the Kiosk sign board across from Canyon Drive Street sign with hiker symbol. Please contact the leader if you have any questions.

Photo by: Mike Smith

  • Event Leader: Jacobsen Janet

  • Assistant Leader:

  • Event category: Trips

  • Area Type: Urban

  • Departure Location:

  • Rating: Moderate

  • Roundtrip total drive miles:

  • Season: 2024

  • Permits Required:

  • Event Status: Passed

  • Supplies and Equipment Required:

  • participant prerequisites:

  • Conditions:

  • Total Distance: 6.2

  • Member Fees: —

  • Elevation Gain: 1530

  • Non-Member Fees: 2

  • Committee: Trips

  • Junior member fees: —

Trip Report

Wearing my new neon lime green Leader shirt, it was pleasant morning to lead the Wednesday hike for the 155th time. Thanks to Mike Smith who took over the check-in, giving me an early start so that I could linger on top and share my marionberry bread. We met three Obsidians on the way down who ate the remaining treats. It was a lighthearted group except for the those who learned that there might be rattlesnakes on the Butte. Oregon Hiker: "The hill is home to some of the Willamette Valley’s last remaining rattlesnakes although you should count yourself very lucky if you happen to see one (The Butte’s native name is Champ-a-te, Kalapuyan for ‘rattlesnake’.)."

Members & Guests signed-up & waitlisted

  • Number of spots on trip: 24
  • Number of spots available: 11
No. Status Full name Phone Transportation Needed? Trip Fee # Can Take?
1 Signed-Up Jacobsen, Janet 541-206-1251 N —
2 Signed-Up Hoecker, Nancy 541-217-8453 N —
3 Signed-Up Miller, June 808-282-5201 N —
4 Signed-Up Anderson, Paula 602-684-1561 N —
5 Signed-Up Hundseder-Aarts, Anna Maria 503-962-9522 N —
6 Signed-Up Moore, Caroline 541-520-6946 N —
7 Signed-Up Lyon, Carla 541-654-2703 N —
8 Signed-Up Sanford, Rick 541-206-4261 N —
9 Signed-Up Witten, Todd 480-252-0576 N —
10 Signed-Up Smith, Mike 520-488-9569 N —
11 Signed-Up Carpenter, Kathie 541-505-2370 N —
12 Signed-Up Eriksen, Robert 503-964-2398 N —
13 Signed-Up Lindstrom, Lana 541-683-1409 N —